The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-14

GEORGIA
J. c. Campbell on Tuesday was commits
stoned commissioner of deeds for GeorSia
in the State of New Hampshire.
At Athens Sunday Rev. Mr. Campbell
read a paper to his church prOpOs
ing to build a memorial church to The late
DR.. JudsOn missionary to India.
There is a mysterious disease raging
among the COWS in Monroe Some have
died and those that didn't die seemed per
fectly wild while they were sick.
In Oscar Booths settlement of Walton
county whooping cough and measles are
troubling the infant population. The COM
bination has killed some negro children.
Several awnings in Rome were torn down
Monday, and the effect was quite striking,
The sign and awning law goes into effect on
April 20, and after that time nothing eX
tending over six feet across the sidewalk
will De allowed.
difficulty which occurred Monday be
tween George Perry and Lewis Hampton
on j. NJ. Prather's place, in Columbia coun-
ty, resulted in Hampton losing his tongue
and having his skull badly fractured
party in Athens gave a certain person
$40 in money and horse to start out trad
ing on, and they Were to divide the profits
In few days the trader returned with an
old brOken-down hack and reported that he
mad lost the $40 out of his pocket The vic
tim has now pasted in his hat the adage,
Put not your trust in horse swappera'
\ close animation of several orchards
in Clarke county shows that there are a
good many peaches yet left on the trees. In
some orchards there are as many as there
should be- What is singular, while every
peach is killed on one tree in an orchard an
other one by its side is loaded 1t is also
noticeable that fruit on the north side of
a tree is worse injured than that on the
south.
AT Atlanta the Salvation Army took Il
new turn Tuesday night At the meeting
on Alabama street Capt. Ella Blucker I'M
folded a little scheme to build a Salvation
Army barracks in that city. The captain
sold at auction cards having engrossed ON
them the cut of "a brick with these words:
Atlanta for God The holder Of this card
has contributed this brick to the Salvation
Army barracks The first "bricllo brought
SO, the second $50, and so on. The bids on
the bricks amounted to about $500 Capt
Brucker announced that the Salvation Army
has converted 800 and odd souls since its
advent in Atlanta
w D. Griffith, one of the City Assessors
Of Athens, has been engaged for the past
week in the work of assessing city property
Mr.. Griffith remarked that he was confident
That there We're over 10000 people in the
I'm. Many new houses have been erected
<&pCe the last assessment was made, and
*Eery indication points to the fact that the
stipulation of the city has greatly increased.
d. III the CITY Council will have a census of
nc city taken and it is found that over
II. 00O people are in the corporation, Athens
Gu get the benefit of a free delivery system.
Al little cost this census can be taken and
The houses numbered at the same time
At Atlanta Monday gentleman sprinkled
the street and sidewalk i'll front of his resi-
dence on Whitehall street, and was engaged
in watering his lawn, with the use of a hose
attached to a hydrant, when a negro woman
named Mary White came along and com
nnenced abusing him for making the side
walk muddy. As some ladies were sitting
on the piazza in full hearing, and as the
woman used profane and Indecent language
and would not cease when the gentleman
demonstrated with her, he turned the hose
on her, and thus drove her away. She went
to the station house and made complaint,
and charges were placed against both par
ties.
Adjt. Gen. Kell has ordered ah12 pound
brass Napoleon which was used by the
Washington Artillery, of Augusta now
disbanded, to be shipped to the Atlanta Ar
tillery, and in all probability it will he re-
ceived this week. This will give the At
lanta ARTILLERY five guns, they now having
two 3-inch rife guns and two 6-pOund bronze
guns. The company is in splendid condi-
ton, being well equipped and its members
greatly interested III its work They will
make their first public appearance with their
equipment on Memorial day, April 26, and
are now drilling daily preparing for the
same On May ) the artillery will give a
picnic at New Holland Springs.
Saturday night Broad street, Athens. was
enlivened by a pitched battle between
Mendel Morris and his two clerks and a
negro named Gardner, a former servant of
Hon. h. II. Hill. 1t seems that Gardner
wanted TO exchange a spool of cotton that
he had bought of Mr.. Norris, who denied
that it came from his store Morris clerk
and son also sailed in, and the three had
Gardner down and were giving him Hail
Columbia when he began to yell Justify for
the police. He WAS finally rescued by Off
Ger Moon, but not before he was pretty
badly beaten. Gardner gave bond, with
lhad Boyd rs security, to appear before the
Mayor and answer for disordeIly conduct.
BY special act of the last Legislature a
bill was passed leaving TO the people of
Greensboro 10 say whether bonds should be
issued to build school houses, one for the
blacks and one for the whites. An election
was held and the vote stood almost unani-
mousiy tCr the schools; thus bringing it TO
the two boards ('vlite and black to decide on
the just proportion, went between the two
at joint meeting Of the two boards Monday
evening The colOred board accepted the
proposition made them by the whites, thus
insuriGg us the schools The amount of
bonds 10 be issued is $1,000 of this theblacks
are to get $3.50. The only question re-
manning unsettled is a building site, but this
is a small item and can be soon arranged.
The building will be begun at an early day.
At Augusta a day or two ago an express
man let his horse and delivery wagon at
the fountain opposite the Netcs Office while
he went TO "A store across the street. While
the horse was drinking a man riding anoth-
or horse went rapidly past the one at the
fountain, when the latter partool OF the
spirit Of the day and suddenly wheeled and
started in the same direction as the other
was going. just ho had turned and
caught the forewheel of the wagon on a post
at the fountain and was in the act of smash
ing things, well-knoWn young lady was
crossing the street, and seeing the frantic
efforts of the animal TO get away, she ran
mp, s&I,d .seizlng nod Of the bride succeeded
"a <irpnx hlra and quieting him until the
oN9sf f><>lc tez(s<f assistance The young
HflI y >fclI 'kiiQsyf1 as a graceful and accom-
ti'>beo p4tit<st}lfnne-
- " --s--s-.ti>~ ~ Inst week at Monroe was
tho trial before a committing court of
Tucker Morrow and T. NJ Henderson, the
picture mnD Of Social Circle, charged with
simple larceny. It appeared that c. w.
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